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This is not meant to be a listing of the top 100 recordings in order of their importance, or in units sold, merely our suggestion of 100 important - if not essential - jazz recordings. They are not ranked in any way.




80/81 Pat Metheny Group
A Love Supreme John Coltrane
A Night at Birdland, Vol 1 & 2 Art Blakey Quintet
Akoustic Band Chick Corea
April in Paris Count Basie
At Basin Street Clifford Brown, Max Roach
At The Opera House Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge
Back at the Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith
Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra
Birks Works Dizzy Gillespie
Birth of the Cool Miles Davis
Bitches Brew Miles Davis
Black Brown and Beige Duke Ellington
Blues and the Abstract Truth Oliver Nelson
Boss Guitar Wes Montgomery
Bouncing With Bud Bud Powell
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk
Change of the Century Ornette Coleman
Chet Baker Sings Chet Baker
Conference of the Birds Dave Holland Quartet
Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 Count Basie
Creative Orchestra Music Anthony Braxton
Crosswinds Billy Cobham
Django The Modern Jazz Quartet
Early Art Art Pepper
Ella and Louis Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
Ellington at Newport 1956 Duke Ellington
Far Cry Eric Dolphy, Booker Little
Footprints Pat Martino
Free Jazz Ornette Coleman
Giant Steps John Coltrane
Girl From Ipanema-Jobim Songbook Antonio Carlos Jobim
Groovy Red Garland
Heavy Weather Weather Report
Hot Fives and Sevens Louis Armstrong
In a Silent Way Miles Davis
Inner Urge Joe Henderson
Jaco Jaco Pastorius
Jazz at Massey Hall Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Samba Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz
Jim Hall "Live" Jim Hall
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman John Coltrane
Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane
Kind of Blue Miles Davis
Konitz Meets Mulligan Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan
Live at Carnegie Hall (1938) Benny Goodman
Long Tall Dexter Dexter Gordon
M. F. Horn Maynard Ferguson
Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus
Moanin' Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Money Jungle Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Moonlight in Vermont Johnny Smith
New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm Stan Kenton
Nuages Django Reinhardt
Our Man in Paris Dexter Gordon
Out to Lunch Eric Dolphy
Portrait in Jazz Bill Evans
Pres and Teddy Lester Young, Teddy Wilson
Pure Desmond Paul Desmond
Quiet John Scofield
Saxophone Collosus Sonny Rollins
Silent Tongues Cecil Taylor
Sketches of Spain Miles Davis
Song Everlasting Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet
Song for my Father Horace Silver Quintet
Sonny Side Up Sonny Stitt
Speak No Evil Wayne Shorter
Stan Getz Meets Gerry Mulligan Stan Getz
Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke
Study in Brown Clifford Brown
Subconcious Lee Lee Konitz
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans
Swingin' Easy Sarah Vaughan
The Amazing Bud Powell: Volume 1 Bud Powell
The Birth of Swing (1935-1936) Benny Goodman
The Blanton-Webster Band Duke Ellington
The Charlie Parker Story Charlie Parker
The Complete Blue Note and Capitol Recordings... Fats Navarro, Tadd Dameron
The Complete Sidney Bechet Vol. 1 & 2 (1932-1941) Sidney Bechet
The Cup Bearers Blue Mitchell
The Eminent J. J. Johnson:Volume 1 J. J. Johnson
The Genius of the Electric Guitar Charlie Christian
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Wes Montgomery
The Inner Mounting Flame Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Jelly Roll Morton Centennial, Complete Victor Jelly Roll Morton
The Modern Jazz Quartet The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Original Quartet with Chet Baker Gerry Mulligan
The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol 1-9 Billie Holiday
The Shape of Jazz to Come Ornette Coleman
The Sidewinder Lee Morgan
The Ultimate Blue Train John Coltrane
Them There Eyes Stephane Grappelli
Time Out Dave Brubeck
Underground Thelonious Monk
V.S.O.P Freddie Hubbard
Vol. 1: Singin' the Blues Bix Beiderbecke
Vol. VI: Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines (Columbia) Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines
With the Oscar Peterson Trio Lester Young, Oscar Peterson